Zero Waste in North America
December 12, 2012
Zero waste. The idea of reducing waste generation and increasing recycling is the goal of most progressive communities today. Many cities have established zero waste timelines and targets, so we checked out the landscape and came up with a list of North American cities with the most promising zero waste programs (in no particular order). Read more...
Earth Hour Is Less Than a Week Away
March 27, 2012
What are you doing for Earth Hour? On March 31, from 8:30 to 9:30 PM, millions of people and organizations will turn off all non-essential lights for the sixth annual Earth Hour. The event is organized by the World Wildlife Fund on the last Saturday in March each year, and according to the WWF website, Read more...
Want to Understand Your Business’ Trash And Its Impacts?
March 22, 2012
Want to improve your businesses trash and recycling program but not sure where to begin? CalRecycle recently released the Commercial Climate Calculator designed to help businesses understand their trash and its impacts – including cost, volume, and environmental impact. The coolest part – and what separates it from other tools – is that you don’t need a Read more...
Taking “Sorting” To the Next Level
March 15, 2012
Portlandia fans may have noticed a nod to recycling with their clip, “Sanitation Twins.” Like most episodes, they take a regular situation – recycling sorting – to the highest level. Ahh, Portlandia, where coffee shops have four recycling bins for their cups, including rose bins for straws with lipstick. Satire aside, anyone who has implemented Read more...
2 Harvest Host Cities are 2012 Sustainable Communities Award Winners
March 8, 2012
Congratulations to Vancouver and New Westminster, British Columbia, both home to Harvest facilities, and both of which were recently named 2012 Sustainable Communities! The awards, which have been distributed by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) since 2000, celebrate best practices in sustainable community development. New Westminster won in the “Brownfields” category for its project Read more...
“Throw in the Know” – Four Tips for Savvy Sorting
February 16, 2012
At Harvest Power, we talk a lot about Source Separated Organics, Zero Waste programs, and putting organic materials to their highest and best use. The beauty of these programs are that the power to make a difference lies in our hands: By sorting our waste efficiently – food scraps, yard trimmings, recycling, and landfill-bound materials Read more...
Flatbread Pizza: Renewal Through Compost
February 16, 2012
According to its website, Flatbread Pizza’s mission is “providing both guests and employees a place to ‘renew their spirit.’” But spirits aren’t the only thing this delicious pizza company wants to influence: Flatbread also does its part to renew the environment. The company is a pioneer in the local, organic restaurant scene: Flatbread understands the Read more...
Harvest Power presents at USCC Annual Conference: January 17-20 Austin, TX
January 17, 2012
Everyone is excited about this year’s 20th Annual US Composting Council Conference and Tradeshow at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin, TX. The conference will feature workshops, training courses, tours, and a trade-show dedicated to composting, wood waste and organics recycling. Several Harvest representatives are amongst the key industry presenters. The USCC Conference, for those that don’t know Read more...
Waste-to-Energy Technology Act aims to reduce US dependency on fossil fuels
September 1, 2011
The Waste-to-Energy Act of 2011 (H.R. 66) is legislation recently introduced by Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, and passed to the House Ways and Means Committee. It would provide a 30% investment tax credit to those who invest in qualified waste to energy facilities. Qualifying facilities would use feedstocks such as municipal solid waste and would Read more...
How about making “Back to School” Green?
August 29, 2011
50 millions students who each generate about 240 pounds of waste per year are returning to school. The average elementary school generates close to 19,000 pounds of lunch waste alone in a year. Less than a third of students who live within a mile of school walk or ride bikes regularly. We can do better! Read more...
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